When I'm reading articles about certain things in sports, there's a word that comes up that separates old-school from new-school- Purists.
How do you feel about them when it comes to sports?
Personally, I'm not a fan of them.
During the dead-puck era, the NHL All-Star Game seemed to be the one and only occurence where a lot of goals could be scored. Every year, I read articles that bemoan the lack of defense and hitting and that there are too many goals.
Since when was speed and skill such a bad thing? Since when was hitting the most important thing in all of hockey?
If purists were ever drafting, they'd probably take a hard-hitting unskilled defenseman over a Crosby, Malkin, or Ovechkin.
They complained about the 14-12 game in 2001- some teams in that era couldn't score 26 goals in a month.
I had to put up with 1-0 or 2-1 games seemingly all the time. These purists get enough of that during the season- is it too much for them to see somebody actually PUT THE PUCK IN THE NET?!
First, they complained there was too much scoring, then they complained about the lack of scoring. Make up your minds!
Thank god the rules have changed, because at the time of the lockout, it was looking like these purists had killed the game that I love.
Baseball- I tire of people saying there's too much offense. I remember someone once said, "Bring back true baseball, Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale throwing a complete-game, four-hit, 2-1 ballgame." They actually thingk it's fun to see only four hits all game and see everyone swinging at air? I guess they want to go back to the days where teams barely hit .200? Remember 1968? If someone actually hit a homer, it felt like a miracle. There is no such thing as a 0-0 win. I like a pitchers duel every now and then, but I don't want them 162 times a year. YOU NEED TO SCORE TO WIN!
Basketball- These people can't stand teams that like to dunk, shoot threes, and want to score. Isn't the object of basketball to put the ball in the net more times than the other team?
How do you feel about them when it comes to sports?
Personally, I'm not a fan of them.
During the dead-puck era, the NHL All-Star Game seemed to be the one and only occurence where a lot of goals could be scored. Every year, I read articles that bemoan the lack of defense and hitting and that there are too many goals.
Since when was speed and skill such a bad thing? Since when was hitting the most important thing in all of hockey?
If purists were ever drafting, they'd probably take a hard-hitting unskilled defenseman over a Crosby, Malkin, or Ovechkin.
They complained about the 14-12 game in 2001- some teams in that era couldn't score 26 goals in a month.
I had to put up with 1-0 or 2-1 games seemingly all the time. These purists get enough of that during the season- is it too much for them to see somebody actually PUT THE PUCK IN THE NET?!
First, they complained there was too much scoring, then they complained about the lack of scoring. Make up your minds!
Thank god the rules have changed, because at the time of the lockout, it was looking like these purists had killed the game that I love.
Baseball- I tire of people saying there's too much offense. I remember someone once said, "Bring back true baseball, Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale throwing a complete-game, four-hit, 2-1 ballgame." They actually thingk it's fun to see only four hits all game and see everyone swinging at air? I guess they want to go back to the days where teams barely hit .200? Remember 1968? If someone actually hit a homer, it felt like a miracle. There is no such thing as a 0-0 win. I like a pitchers duel every now and then, but I don't want them 162 times a year. YOU NEED TO SCORE TO WIN!
Basketball- These people can't stand teams that like to dunk, shoot threes, and want to score. Isn't the object of basketball to put the ball in the net more times than the other team?
